SMS

Short Message Service (commonly abbreviated SMS), is a messaging protocol for sending data from a server to mobile devices, and, from mobile devices to a server and on to other mobile devices. These short text messages are ideal for mobile telephone devices, whose limited keypads and data costs hinder long form communications. The SMS technology has facilitated the development and growth of mobile text messaging across the globe.

Email-To-SMS

Some Telcos (carriers) offer email addresses to which SMS messages can be sent, which will relay the message as an SMS. Some examples include:

Here are the email addresses to route your message from Email to SMS text (where n is your registered local 10-digit mobile phone number, including area code). USA

AT&T: n@txt.att.net  -or-  n@mms.att.net
Sprint: n@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile: n@tmomail.com
Verizon: N@vtext.com

CANADA

Bell: n@txt.bell.ca
Aliant: n@wirefree.informe.ca
Rogers: (yourPhoneNumber)@pcs.rogers.com
Fido: n@fido.ca
Telus: (yourPhoneNumber)@msg.telus.com

JAPAN

NTT Docomo: n@docomo.ne.jp
KDDI AU: n@ezweb.ne.jp
Softbank: n@softbank.ne.jp

• wikipedia: List of SMS gateways
• Email To SMS Email Address List: http://www.emailtextmessages.com/
• Email to SMS tutorial: http://www.venture-ware.com/kevin/web-development/email-to-sms/

Call-to-SMS

JAPAN

• You can send email (in fact it’s an SMS) from payphones in Japan?!? We try the technology trick that shocked the nation: https://soranews24.com/2019/10/31/you-can-send-email-from-payphones-in-japan-we-try-the-technology-trick-that-shocked-the-nation/

Commercial

• PHP SMS Broadcast (and many related software packages): http://www.topshareware.com/php-sms-broadcast/downloads/1.htm
• 2-Way SMS Gateway API and development kit: http://www.celltrust.com/info/Industries/CellTrust-Industries-Developers.html
• Timed SMS Scheduler: http://www.senstic.com/products/TimedSMS/TimedSMS.aspx

Tools

• Linux Applications and Tools for SMS: http://tuxmobil.org/phones_linux_sms.html

Resources

• Email to SMS list: http://www.venture-ware.com/kevin/web-development/email-to-sms/
• Email 2 SMS - send to many carriers in PHP: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/5734-PHP-Send-SMS-by-e-mail-to-many-carriers.html
• Java Examples to Send SMS, Receive SMS: http://www.visualgsm.com/tutorial010_send_sms_java.htm
• SMS in Python: http://www.koders.com/default.aspx?s=sms&la=python&p=1
• SMS lib (JAVA): http://smslib.org/
• way2sms-php: http://code.google.com/p/way2sms-php/source/browse/trunk/way.php?r=2 (Free SMS Gateway in India)

Tutorials

• What Is SMS, and Why Are Text Messages So Short (default 160 character limit)?: https://www.howtogeek.com/775009/what-is-sms-and-why-are-text-messages-so-short/
• How to Send Text Messages with PHP: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/how-to-send-text-messages-with-php/
• Sending Text Messages via the Twilio REST API: http://www.twilio.com/docs/quickstart/php/sms/sending-via-rest
• PHP + Twitter + Google Calendar + SMS: http://dotjay.co.uk/2008/feb/php-twitter-google-calendar-sms
• Howto Send/Read SMS using a GSM modem, AT+ commands and PHP: http://gonzalo123.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/howto-sendread-smss-using-a-gsm-modem-at-commands-and-php/
• How to Send SMS using Java Program (full code sample included): http://www.java-samples.com/showtutorial.php?tutorialid=22
• Build a "Wordle"-like SMS word guessing game with Twilio Serverless: https://www.twilio.com/blog/build-wordle-like-sms-game-serverless

External Links

• wikipedia: Short Message Service
• wikipedia: SMS gateway
• wikipedia: List of SMS gateways
• wikipedia: ETSI
• VoipCheap - Send FREE SMS via PHP, URL, Web Form or Client (uses BetaMax SMS standard): http://www.voipcheap.com/en/sms.html
• Sending SMS with PHP (using TM4B's API): http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/sms/
• Send SMS to mobiles (open source PHP Script): http://sourceforge.net/projects/smsfax/SMSFAX
• Bulk Mobile SMS capabilities (another great script from PHP classes): http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2257.html
• Google's SMS service (allows you to send a message to your phone by filling a basic web form): http://www.google.com/sendtophone
• Website for sending Free SMS: http://smsnow.org/
• Sending SMS through PHP: http://www.phpjavascript.com/script.php?scriptid=125
• Extended SMS details (source) for above: http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/sms/
• Your data plan costs $1.6 million per GB : http://justsomejavaguy.blogspot.com/2010/03/your-data-plan-costs-16-million-per-gb.html
• Send free SMS in Canada to Bell, Fido, Rogers, Virgin, Solo, and TELUS cell phones through the Internet: http://www.theblog.ca/free-sms-canada
• SMS from iCal!: http://tips4mac.blogspot.ca/2007/11/sms-from-ical.html
• The other Net Neutrality debate - After FCC ruling, SMS still mired in ambiguity: http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-other-net-neutrality-debate-should-mobile-messaging-be-subject-to-provider-policing/
• How HipChat works to enable SMS chat with Twilio: https://blog.hipchat.com/2010/04/21/how-hipchat-works-sms-chat-with-twilio/
• EXCLUSIVE - CHAT IS GOOGLE’S NEXT BIG FIX FOR ANDROID’S MESSAGING MESS: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/19/17252486/google-android-messages-chat-rcs-anil-sabharwal-imessage-texting
• Why SMS Text Messages Aren’t Private or Secure: https://www.howtogeek.com/709373/why-sms-text-messages-arent-private-or-secure/
• Adding SMS to an Ecommerce Marketing Mixh: ttps://www.practicalecommerce.com/adding-sms-to-an-ecommerce-marketing-mix
• BPA Worldwide Approves A Standard For Text Message-Based Subscription Renewals: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/370052/bpa-worldwide-approves-a-standard-for-text-message.html
• iPhone SMS Messages Aren’t Green for the Reason You Think: https://www.howtogeek.com/785247/iphone-sms-messages-arent-green-for-the-reason-you-think/
• Why SMS Needs to Die: https://www.howtogeek.com/787957/why-sms-needs-to-die/

See Also

MMS | Text | IM | Chat | Email